Despite we are seeing a tons of smart tv/tv sticks on the market, but it seems non of them, including the gorgeous apple tv, could actually do what I wanted -- playing 4k recordings off an external hard drive. The tv sticks were either not powerful to render those high-quality videos, or lack of USB 3.0 ports to mount my hard drive. So I ended up thinking, why not getting a mini PC and use that as a tv stick? The best thing I like about this product is the two mounting point on the back of the case -- the designer has already thought about mounting the pc on the back of the monitor for you. And because I am actually using a pc monitor stand for my 32 inch tv, the stand itself has compatible holes for the mounting gear of the pc already. So without much difficulties, I attached the mini pc to the back of my tv, nice and tidy. And making the scenario more ideal, the mini pc itself comes with a internal spot for 2.5 inch sata hard drive. So I could easily put in a 4tb ssd that contains most of the recordings that I would love to watch. The pc has both lan and wifi for internet. And because of the case of the pc is all plastic, I feel that the wifi signal seems better than my intel nuc. And the lan port is also a huge advantage for this pc over other tv sticks. Stable internet connections means everything, especially when watch live sport streams. The pc has 3 usb ports and bluetooth, so I have no problem connecting my bluetooth mouse and keyboard to it, or a logi unify receiver. And also because of its full set of ports, I am actually thinking of installing some ps2/ps3 emulators and play those legacy games off my xbox controller. And given its a computer, the cloud gaming that has been advertising everywhere for those other gaming-oriented tv sticks should also be possible. Of course, the hardware of this pc is probably from 5 years or even 10 years ago, but if we look it as a tv box, then it probably becomes the biggest killer in this category on the market. And all of these were made possible thanks to its mounting capability and the full set of peripheries as a PC, the usb ports, the wifi, the bluetooth etc. I am even thinking of getting another one and run a small NAS out of it. So that in the future, one would work as server that manages all of my video collections, and the other would be a tv stick that reads the files stored in the NAS and show them on TV. In general, I would consider this pc as a great replacement (tho more expensive) to tv stick and raspberry pi.

I think this is a pretty good Mini PC that will be more than enough for most casual users. However, there are a few issues I have with it as well.

I was looking to buy a windows machine as i use mac for work. Instead of buying a laptop or desktop i tried this windows box and it did my job. Happy with the product. Easy to use and already comes with windows 11 pro installed and activated.

It is plug-and-play. I am driving two HDMI monitors and a bunch of USB peripherals and the unit is fast and responsive. I could do without Win 11 (10 was just fine for me for years) but it is what it is.

I have worked in the computer field since 1985 - man have things changed. This little computer was the perfect solution when I needed to set up a computer for a family member across country. I was able to order the computer, set it up, and ship it to them. They are thrilled with the price, the speed, and the simplicity.

Works fine with decent performance. Value for money.

Great value for the money.

This one is ultra light and portable yet super powerful and robust mini pc. Ive been using this more than 2 months now and till now not a single day it turned off. I ordered this to deploy and use as a smart home solution but after the testing as a media server I changed my plan and currently using as my home entertainment system along with the smart home server. The Windows 11 was preactivated and it even installed all the latest patches and hot fixes after the initial boot. Even though it has Intel Celeron CPU it boots really quick and also responds faster. 16GB RAM and 512Gigs of SSD adds more power to handle the odd and more tasks.

Despite we are seeing a tons of smart tv/tv sticks on the market, but it seems non of them, including the gorgeous apple tv, could actually do what I wanted -- playing 4k recordings off an external hard drive. The tv sticks were either not powerful to render those high-quality videos, or lack of USB 3.0 ports to mount my hard drive. So I ended up thinking, why not getting a mini PC and use that as a tv stick? The best thing I like about this product is the two mounting point on the back of the case -- the designer has already thought about mounting the pc on the back of the monitor for you. And because I am actually using a pc monitor stand for my 32 inch tv, the stand itself has compatible holes for the mounting gear of the pc already. So without much difficulties, I attached the mini pc to the back of my tv, nice and tidy. And making the scenario more ideal, the mini pc itself comes with a internal spot for 2.5 inch sata hard drive. So I could easily put in a 4tb ssd that contains most of the recordings that I would love to watch. The pc has both lan and wifi for internet. And because of the case of the pc is all plastic, I feel that the wifi signal seems better than my intel nuc. And the lan port is also a huge advantage for this pc over other tv sticks. Stable internet connections means everything, especially when watch live sport streams. The pc has 3 usb ports and bluetooth, so I have no problem connecting my bluetooth mouse and keyboard to it, or a logi unify receiver. And also because of its full set of ports, I am actually thinking of installing some ps2/ps3 emulators and play those legacy games off my xbox controller. And given its a computer, the cloud gaming that has been advertising everywhere for those other gaming-oriented tv sticks should also be possible. Of course, the hardware of this pc is probably from 5 years or even 10 years ago, but if we look it as a tv box, then it probably becomes the biggest killer in this category on the market. And all of these were made possible thanks to its mounting capability and the full set of peripheries as a PC, the usb ports, the wifi, the bluetooth etc. I am even thinking of getting another one and run a small NAS out of it. So that in the future, one would work as server that manages all of my video collections, and the other would be a tv stick that reads the files stored in the NAS and show them on TV. In general, I would consider this pc as a great replacement (tho more expensive) to tv stick and raspberry pi.

The biggest reason I bought this is for its size. I have it mounted on the back of my LG 27 ultra fine monitor and you can barely even tell its there. I basically now have a DIY all in one PC.